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Title: Coronavirus infections may be 10 times higher than reported, CDC says
Post by: mystery-ak on June 25, 2020, 07:40:49 pm

Coronavirus infections may be 10 times higher than reported, CDC says
by Cassidy Morrison, Healthcare Reporter |
 | June 25, 2020 03:18 PM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the number of coronavirus infections in the United States could be 10 times higher than reported, totaling over 20 million cases.

“Our best estimate right now is for every case reported, there were actually 10 other infections,” CDC Director Robert Redfield told reporters Thursday.

Redfield said the estimates came from infection surveillance and serology testing, which looks for the presence of antibodies in the blood to show if the person has been exposed to the virus. The CDC focused its early efforts on testing people who were showing symptoms of the coronavirus infection, avoiding those who were asymptomatic and unknowingly transmitting the virus.

“It causes significant asymptomatic infection,” Redfield said. “That's the traditional approach of looking for symptomatic illness and diagnosing it obviously underestimated the total amount of infections.”

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Title: Re: Coronavirus infections may be 10 times higher than reported, CDC says
Post by: mountaineer on June 25, 2020, 07:53:42 pm

Or they may not be.   In fact, they may be a bunch of hooey.  We have no way of knowing.

Title: Re: Coronavirus infections may be 10 times higher than reported, CDC says
Post by: XenaLee on June 25, 2020, 08:11:14 pm

Sorry.... but I no longer trust ANY government entity, especially not one like the CDC, already proven incompetent, inept and dishonest.... with a vested interest and incentive to over-report Covid-19 cases due to a political agenda.  I'm calling BS on this.

Title: Re: Coronavirus infections may be 10 times higher than reported, CDC says
Post by: PeteS in CA on June 25, 2020, 08:25:51 pm

Quote from: mountaineer on June 25, 2020, 07:53:42 pm

Or they may not be.   In fact, they may be a bunch of hooey.  We have no way of knowing.

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Title: Re: Coronavirus infections may be 10 times higher than reported, CDC says
Post by: Hoodat on June 25, 2020, 10:50:17 pm

Quote from: mystery-ak on June 25, 2020, 07:40:49 pm

Coronavirus infections may be 10 times higher than reported, CDC says

In other words, mortality rates may be ten times lower than reported.

Title: Re: Coronavirus infections may be 10 times higher than reported, CDC says
Post by: Smokin Joe on June 25, 2020, 11:02:29 pm

Quote from: Hoodat on June 25, 2020, 10:50:17 pm

In other words, mortality rates may be ten times lower than reported.

pointing-up EXACTLY! :yowsa: